Kerra Put On The Spot Over Eldas Constituency Tenders

A resident of Eldas Constituency in Wajir county has written to the director-general of the Kenya Rural Roads Authority on the status of the roads in the area.

Feisal Abdikadir Adan through lawyer Wesonga Jakoyah wants KeRRA to provide to him a list of all the roads that were constructed, upgraded, rehabilitated and maintained in the last two years, and their exact specifications.

The resident wants the authority to furnish him with a list of all the road construction, upgrading, rehabilitation and maintenance fenders and the dates of advertisement of the tenders with the stated period.

Eldas Constituency is represented by MP Aden Keynan, whose election was upheld by the High Court in a recent judgement making him the longest serving MP.

“Take notice that even the community within the constituency requires the Information for purposes of accountability, transparency and fairness,” says the voter.

Adan further wants to be supplied with tender committee evaluation reports for all the bids in respect to the roads whose construction was advertised and awarded.

The says he has reasonable belief that for a long time now, tenders for the construction, upgrading, rehabilitation and general maintenance of roads within Eldas constituency have been awarded unfairy and with favoritism to a few companies and individuals to the detriment of other qualified bidders within the constituency.

He also says the tenders have been awarded against the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act and the Regulations thereto.

In the letter Adan further wants a complete list of all the companies or entities that tendered for any road construction, upgrading, rehabilitation and maintenance including the successful bidders during the period.

The voter says he is requesting the information under Article 35 (1) (a) of the Constitution and Sections 4,5 and 8 of the Access to Information Act, No. 31 of 2016.

He requested to have the aforesaid information within twenty one (21) days from the day hereof failing which we shall pursue a different cause action.

The letter has been copied to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and Directorate of Criminal Investigations.